between the rock and the cold, cold sea

So. "Hug a rock and shake a tree: shamanic bodies in Minoan culture?" was the most fascinating lecture I've attended in a while. I'll put my rambly enthusiasm behind a cut, but, well, damn.

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Also learned this week: what scrofula actually is (ick); and how experimental archaeologists/reenactors make chain mail.

I have come to the conclusion that you could probably dump any ancient historian from youth to middle age back in their period of speciality, and if they didn't die of disease or random violence, they'd probably make out quite okay.

Some of them have the oddest skills.